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NY State’s Excluded Workers Fund Could Be Nationwide Model, If Workers Can Navigate the Restrictions

August 24th, 2021|

Next City

Carina Kaufman-Gutierez, deputy director of the UJC's Street Vendor Project, said the fact that that program disburses money through the Department of Labor rather than non-profits was important and one of the key advocacy areas of the coalition. This would reflect the state’s long-shirked responsibility to undocumented immigrants, she says.

Boost to Skimpy Low-Income Housing Vouchers Leaves Formerly Homeless at Risk of Return to Shelters

August 23rd, 2021|

The City

Two days before the bill went to a planned May 26 vote committee vote, a fourth version of the measure appeared, without any mention of income qualifications. That gave HRA the power to continue imposing its own income cap. Advocates [including our Safety Net Project] noticed the change in the city’s online bill tracker and immediately pressed Levin to restore the missing line lifting the income limits as well as a time limit on aid, to no avail.

The Community Engagement Power 50

August 22nd, 2021|

City & State NY

Mohamed Attia With nearly a decade of experience as a street vendor in New York City to inform his efforts, Mohamed Attia has advocated on behalf of more than 10,000 vendors in the city throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Attia championed legislation passed earlier this year by the New York City Council that expanded the number of permits available to street vendors. However, The UJC's Street Vendor Project’s fight isn’t over yet: It continues to push for the city to stop penalizing unlicensed vendors.